When it comes to the chemistry of the human brain, dopamine and serotonin are the reigning stars. Like other neurotransmitters, they trigger and modulate the electrical signals that nerve cells use to ...

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the brain draw powerful indirect connections. Disabling this circuit erased the ...

ATLANTA — A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the brain’s smallest components build the systems that shape thought, ...

Cancer tumors shed DNA, proteins, other molecules, and cells into the bloodstream long before they can be spotted with techniques like magnetic resonance imaging. A new liquid biopsy technique could ...